1. Saving water. Rainwater Harvesting reduces water usage a household and is the most efficient water solution. Runoff from a roof to a holding tank for is immediate and efficient. You can make a difference today!

2. Safe, sustainable water. Rainwater is naturally pure and fresh. It is not recycled water. Provided that certain precautions are taken in the collection process rain water is a sustainable source that can meet all of a household's requirements.

3. Significant cost savings. It makes common sense to catch rainwater that falls for free from the sky and utilize it in and around the home.

4. Protect local waterways and reduce stormwater infrastructure costs. By capturing and utilizing rainwater where it falls, rainwater harvesting reduces the volume of stormwater run off from our urban areas. This helps protect our waterways and reduces the need for expensive stormwater infrastructure.

Saving Water

Installing a rain barrel can help save money with your water bill.....

Keep Your Hot Water Pipes HOT!

Insulating your exposed hot water pipes helps conserve heat and save energy

Do Not Cut the Grass

Make your existing lawn a No Mow Area!  There are a blend of grasses that seldom requires watering and since it is slow growing, it reduces your mowing time which reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions!

Composting

Composting is an important way to recycle and an easy way to reduce household garbage by about one third.

Grow it on top
Turn your roof top into a living landscape....

Bricks and Stones or Greens!
Add a living wall to your home or work place and grow something you can eat!

Key Components of a Green Home
Green homes include environmental considerations and maximize efficiency into the design and construction process to minimize environmental impact. The design, construction, and operation of a home must focus on energy and water efficiency, maximize efficient building design and construction materials, indoor environmental quality. All these considerations must be taken into account so as to minimize the negative impact on the environment.

Renewable Resources
Renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, geo-thermal and water conservation/collection, further decrease the overall energy consumption within the home even hot water recirculation systems also save energy.

Energy-Efficient Features
There are many energy-efficient features of a Green Home that need to be included.  Windows, appliances, and water heating systems will likely have the most impact. The home should also include efficient lighting fixtures and bulbs.

Water-Efficient Features
Fixtures and appliances such as low-flow showerheads, faucets, and toilets, and ENERGY STAR washing machines and dishwashers all conserve water. Low-volume irrigation systems, rainwater collection systems, wastewater treatment systems,

Indoor Air Quality Features
The heating, air conditioning and ventilation system (HVAC) must be appropriately sized for a home. Fans in the kitchen and bathrooms should cycle fresh air inside, and release stale air. Living walls helps clean the air and helps with the humidifies the air in your home. Low-VOC paints and finishes and wall papers should be used as well.

Resource-Efficient Features
These decisions—from home size, to orientation on the lot, to floor plan layout—are made in the design of your home and development of the lot. The house orientation and design should take advantage of natural daylight to reduce lighting needs, and should use strategies to reduce heat gain in the summer and heat loss in the winter. The home should contain renewable materials, including rapidly-renewable wood species such as bamboo, and recycled-content materials in carpets, tiles, and concrete formulations.

Outside the Home
During construction care should be taken to preserve trees and other native vegetation. Landscaping should incorporate plants that are appropriate for the climate, and designed to minimize water needs. Driveways, walkways and other hard surfaces should be reduced as much as possible, and may be composed of gravel, permeable pavers, natural stone, or other permeable systems.

If you're looking for a creative way to green your interior or exterior space, a Living Wall is a beautiful and environmentally-friendly solution to expand your garden vertically, while improving air quality. This modular system of interconnecting panels has many options and benefits.

Made of either aluminum or stainless steel; Living Walls can come in the form of a pre-constructed kit, perfect for the home or business, or can be customized to cover an entire wall with plants. The panels can be pre-grown or planted-in-place; and regardless of scale, can be applied indoors or outdoors with an endless amount of configuration possibilities.Each panel consists of many smaller cells which accommodate plant material such as tropical plants, ornamentals, edible crops (fruits, vegetables, and herbs), sedums, groundcovers and grasses. The interconnecting design of the panels allows for top-down irrigation and a totally seamless appearance.

Our Living Walls can contribute to the following potential points under the LEED Program for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design:

1. Sustainable Site Credit - Stormwater Management

2. Sustainable Site Credit - Landscape & Exterior Design to Reduce Heat Islands

3. Water Efficiency Credit - Water Efficient Landscaping

4. Water Efficiency Credit - Innovative Wastewater Technologies

5. Energy and Atmosphere Credit - Optimize Energy Performance

6. Indoor Environmental Quality - Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control

7. Materials and Resources Credit - Construction Waste Management

8. Innovation and Design Process - Innovation in Design

In a world where we try to better the environment, Green Roofs are a unique and energy-efficient way to achieve this. Our Green Roof system is a series of interlocking panels are a gorgeous, eco-friendly way to break the barriers of conventional Green Roofing. The lightweight panels consist of a drainage layer, water absorption layer, and a root retention layer, available ready for planting or pre-vegetated.

The interlocking design of the panels greatly simplifies the installation process, as all of the vital Green Roof layers are pre-assembled into one component.

Pre-grown panels eliminate the plant establishment period, saving money in maintenance costs, and up to two years of time spent awaiting plant maturity. This extensive or intensive system; fit for new, old or sloped roofs, combined with the customizing options, self-irrigation and ease of installation; is perfect for any project:

• Significantly reduce heating and cooling costs
• Reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect
• Increase your building envelope's life span
• Reduce and clean all stormwater runoff
• Filter pollutants and carbon from the air
• Increase biodiversity of native plants, animals & insects
• Creation of a local, sustainable, urban food source

1. Our Green Roofs can contribute to the following potential points under the LEED Program for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design:
   
   1. Sustainable Site Credit - Stormwater Management
   
   2. Sustainable Site Credit - Landscape & Exterior Design to Reduce Heat Islands
   
   3. Water Efficiency Credit - Water Efficient Landscaping
   
   4. Water Efficiency Credit - Innovative Wastewater Technologies
   
   5. Energy and Atmosphere Credit - Optimize Energy Performance
   
   6. Materials and Resources Credit - Recycled Content
   
   7. Innovation and Design Process - Innovation in Design